Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-10-08
NORTHWESTERN NEWS.

Lie Mluu0SOta w. ". Il. u, at The
close of valuable session at Mankato
elected the following state officers: Presi
dent Mrs. 81. A. Hobart; Corresponding
Secretary, Mrs. N. Il. Hayward; Treasurer
Miss A. M. Henderson. ID legates were
elected to the national convention to be-
held IN Nashville, Tenn. Seven delegate!
and one at large, besides the same number
of alternates, were chosen as follows: Dele
gates, President Mrs Fl. A. Hobart, of Rec
Wing, and Secretary, Mrs 3. l.. Wright, ex
o %t1 Mrs p Payne, Of Winnebago City
r. Neal, of Minneapolis; Mrs. Willets, 81
Motley; Mrs. G. 81. Davidson, of Austin
Mrs. G, s. Winchell, of Minneapolis; Miss
Holbrook, of ST. Paul, and Mrs. DR.. Craw-
ford, of Luverne, at large. Alternates
Mrs N. Z. Clare, of Northfield; Mrs C. A
Knox, of Red Wing, Mrs. DIR. Roberts, q
Mrs. g. b. Smith, of Minneapolis; Mrs. v
K. Hayward, of st. Cloud Mrs b. G.. Rev
nolds, of Winnebago City; Mrs. A. M. Sub
lette, of Minneapolis; Miss Laythe, Of
Duluth. Invitations were received from
Red Wing and Brainerd asking the W. c.
T. U. to hold their next annual convention
at these places, and the invitation of Red
Wing was accepted
Oscar G. VOORHEES,, a lawyer of HUI
ron. Dakota, has been sentenced atSt. Paul
to "a months in the Minnesota penitentiary
VOORHEES, came to St. Panl in February last,
and representing himself as r. G.. VOORHEES,,
property owner of Huron, Dak., mort
gagged certain lands belonging to r. G.
therefor s., OG0. R. G. VOORHEES, is a brother
OF Oscar. The fraud was not detected until
early in April, and the criminal was arrest
ed at Huron, where he was practicing law.
He was brought to ST. Paul and lodged in
jail and when his trial came off in July last
the jury returned a verdict against him.
Motion for new trial was at once entered
and q stay of proceedings granted. The
motion was finally argued and taken under
advisement. Both the prisoner and his at
torney appeared confident that the plea
would be granted: and the adverse decision
was shock to VOORHEES,, who paled per-
ceptibly when the sentence was pronounced.
Inc charge is serious one, and many at
torneys are of the opinion that the sentence
is light one. VOORHEES, is well connected,
young, and considered an attorney of no
mean ability. He has young wife living
in Michigan.
The Signal Service Observer at St..
Paul, Mimi, in his monthly review, makes
statements that are generally applicable to
the State: The normal September temper
ature for St Paulis 50 degrees; the mean
OF last month was So regrees. 1t was cold
or than the corresponding month in 1874,
~, rs, 1881, '82, '64, 'S5 and 1886; 1T had no
margin over that in 1861, '72 and 1880, but
was warmer than any Of the rest from 1870
to now. The warmest September since
then was in 1877, and the coolest in 1873,
the means being Ga degrees and 81 degrees,
respectively. The normal precipitation for
the month in question is 3.35 inches; 1855
inches OF rain fell last month, the Septem-
md
than it, but either of the rest since 1870 was
dryer, the wettest one was in 1881, and the
dryest in 1882, the rainfall being 9.95 inches
and . ~ inch respectively. The prevailing
wine s blew from the southeast; the total
wind movement was 3,90S miles There
was a .sgale'' on the 5th and 18th, then the
wind blew at the Fate of 25 miles an hour
from southeast and west. There were
seven clear days, ID fair and 10 cloudy ones
slO OF an inch or more of rain fell. The
maximum temperature was S3.2 and the
minimum S35 There was light frost,
the first of the season, on the morning Of
the 23d, it was the first since May is, and
was not fatal to vegetation.
A dispatch says that Clark county,
Oak, is seeing her most prosperous year
since her organization. The wheat and
corn crop is immense. Wagon loads OF
grain are standing in the streets of Clark
because the elevators are filed to their ut
most capacity and the shippers are unable
TO procure cars. Two new lines of railway
have been built this year through the east
ern and southern parts of the county,
greatly enhancing the value of farm lands
and atfording better markets for grain.
Large quantities of stock have been shipped
INTO this region during the past two months
from Wisconsin and Iowa, owing to the
line pastnrage which the native grasses
afford Hundreds Of tons Of hay has been
cut this year for shipment to the Eastern
states. Two passenger trains now stop al
Clark for dinner. A valuable 40 acre tract
belonging to the Northwestern Railway
Company has been purchased by D. Wayne
OF CLARK; considera alton, $500 per acre.
James Cardinal Gibbons, Arch
bishop ct Baltimore was accorded a
stately, welcome at ST Paul, when be
arrived on the 18th, and became the guest
OF BISHOP Ireland. In addition to residents
! OF st Paul there were many Of the Catholic